While I look forward to a Chuck E. Cheese-free future, some 20-somethings are a bit more nostalgic. From the The New York Post:
Despite the throngs of screaming kids celebrating their birthdays, nostalgic hipsters are eagerly flocking to the new Chuck E. Cheese, in the new Atlantic Terminal.I guess if there was any one restaurant I would be nostalgic for, it might be Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor.Chris Punsalan, the 29-year-old frontman of hot Brooklyn indie-rock band the IO's, says he's "totally psyched" about the new restaurant.
"Pizza and games were heaven for me when I was a little kid, although the guys in the big costumes creeped me out," he says.
On Sunday, Punsalan was confronting his terror, happily hanging out at the restaurant with his bandmate/gal pal Autumn Proemm, next to a human dressed as a huge mouse and an equally huge animatronic mouse.
Update: Check out Roger Baker's Farrell's multimedia page, from his Farrell's tribute site. There's a link to a Farrell's produced video of the Zoo announcement and delivery. That should take you back in time...
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These people obviously do n... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Courtney | July 29, 2004 10:42 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
These people obviously do not have kids of their own. I dread when my son begs for the Cheese.
1. Posted by Courtney | July 29, 2004 10:42 AM |
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Posted on July 29, 2004 10:42
2. Posted by El Jefe | July 29, 2004 10:52 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
HOLY SHIT! I haven't heard or read anything about Farrell's Ice Cream in YEARS!
Damn! It's like I'm 10 again and I can see the wait staff/performers running up and down the aisles with the big drum of frozen goodness...
Only bad memory is when I there was a birthday party at the Farrell's across from the Sacramento Metro Airport and during an air show an F-86 crashed into it, killing 22.
2. Posted by El Jefe | July 29, 2004 10:52 AM |
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3. Posted by Matt | July 29, 2004 10:55 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ditto on Farrell's. I still have my, "I made a pig out of my self at Farrell's" ribbon from the late 70's. Eating that trough was quite an achievement for an eighty pound sixth-grader.
3. Posted by Matt | July 29, 2004 10:55 AM |
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4. Posted by Robert the Llama Butcher | July 29, 2004 11:01 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
GAWD! Chuck-E-Cheese? I refuse point-blank to go anywhere near the place, no matter how much my kids beg and plead.
4. Posted by Robert the Llama Butcher | July 29, 2004 11:01 AM |
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5. Posted by sugarmama | July 29, 2004 11:02 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
They have Chuck E Cheeses for adults - they're called Dave and Buster's. Kids aren't allowed after 9 or 10 pm.
5. Posted by sugarmama | July 29, 2004 11:02 AM |
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6. Posted by TC-LeatherPenguin | July 29, 2004 1:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yes, Farrell's, where if you played your cards right and learned the shift changes you could have three birthdays a month until someone wised up!
6. Posted by TC-LeatherPenguin | July 29, 2004 1:01 PM |
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7. Posted by King of Fools | July 29, 2004 1:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And don't forget the big bass drum they pounded and the sirens as they brought you your trough. Plus the nifty candy store on the way out.
I have not had a decent chocolate malt since my last trip to Farrell's which must have been prior to 1988.
7. Posted by King of Fools | July 29, 2004 1:29 PM |
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Posted on July 29, 2004 13:29
8. Posted by El Jefe | July 29, 2004 1:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yeah, used to LOVE that place but they closed the one in Sacramento a LONG time ago.
8. Posted by El Jefe | July 29, 2004 1:38 PM |
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Posted on July 29, 2004 13:38
9. Posted by Robert the Llama Butcher | July 29, 2004 1:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've never heard of Farrell's but all the stuff about the trough and the pig sound an awful lot like what Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure based the Napoleon/Ziggy-Piggy business on.
9. Posted by Robert the Llama Butcher | July 29, 2004 1:54 PM |
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Posted on July 29, 2004 13:54
10. Posted by David C | July 29, 2004 2:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wow, I remember Farrell's! Until now, I always thought it was strictly a Washington-area chain, though - never knew it was so widespread.
Fascinating web site, too. Reading the history, it's amazing how badly they screwed up a good thing, and how many businesses do similar things. I mean, the idea of getting rid of the player piano and the sirens and drums? Those things were the whole *point* of going to Farrell's!
10. Posted by David C | July 29, 2004 2:05 PM |
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Posted on July 29, 2004 14:05
11. Posted by McGehee | July 29, 2004 3:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
El Jefe, several years after that crash, a new ice cream parlor opened near the former Farrell's -- much controversy over the idea at the time. It was a local chain, Leatherby's.
Oh, and the airport was Sacramento Executive Airport (may have been Municipal at the time, don't remember when the change) -- Metro (now International) is the one way out in the rice paddies near the Sutter County line.
11. Posted by McGehee | July 29, 2004 3:36 PM |
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12. Posted by Camille | July 29, 2004 6:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oh my goodness! I haven't thought about, or even heard anything about Farrells in years! That was a great place.
12. Posted by Camille | July 29, 2004 6:00 PM |
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Posted on July 29, 2004 18:00
13. Posted by Johnnie Blaze | August 17, 2004 10:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
were discussing Farrell's this evening and found this. Does anyone know where to find a Farrell's in the DC area?
13. Posted by Johnnie Blaze | August 17, 2004 10:02 PM |
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Posted on August 17, 2004 22:02
14. Posted by irene | August 25, 2004 10:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
my kids are now in their late 30's and they remember going to farrell's. they tell their kids about it and would like to take them to one. anyone know where there is one near riverside, ca.
14. Posted by irene | August 25, 2004 10:30 PM |
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Posted on August 25, 2004 22:30